Groton Charter Review Meeting Agenda for Jul 6, 2016
Admin
• Review Minutes of Jun 22, 2016
• Tally:
Remaining To Present 0
Remaining To Complete 14
Completed 188
Total 202
• Completed:
Accepted 55
Referred 14
Previously addressed or dismissed 119
Reconsideration
• Ask if any member wishes to request reconsideration of a completed submission.
Reconsiderations to be Discussed
1. Reconsideration: Review School Committee request to move budget due date from 31 Dec to Feb 15. Proposed for discussion on 20160629. [#177]
2. Reconsideration: Requiring Special Town Meeting vote for capital expenditures exceeding $3M, and not covered by override or debt exclusion.
Charter Review Schedule
• Answer procedural questions for schedule completion
• Review and complete schedule through Spring 2017 Town Meeting
Submission Discussions (as time permits)
Sub # Page Submitted By Summary
1 175 none Michael Manugian Generalize the term Town Bulletin Board to include the Town web site
20160622 review proposed wording from Collins
2 170 4 Robert Collins Proper and consistent capitalization
20160622 review revised style sheet from McCoy
3 42 25 Michael Manugian Personnel policy negotiation team
20160330 to Collins for wording
4 93 44 John Giger Decide which elected officers to list in Charter
20160503 Mr. Collins will write a preamble to Charter Article 3 and may rearrange a few other things in the Article to clarify why some elected offices are mentioned and others are not.
5 151 28 Jack Petropoulos 'Day to Day’ vs ‘Policy’
20160615 already addressed but needs to be dismissed
6 96 76 John Giger other office held by TM
20160203 Submissions # 96 and 97 (page 76 in the Charter Section Summary), from John Giger, were postponed, by consensus, to a time when all definitions in Section 1-9 could would be discussed.
20160622 referred to Ms. Allen to document occurrences of ‘officer’ in Charter
7 100 79 John Giger definition of offices - 4-2(j)
20160203 This submission was deferred by consensus to a time when definitions, in Charter Section 1-9, would be addressed.
20160622 deferred until results of Ms. Allen’s research for #96 available
8 104 92 John Giger Add BOS sets budget priorities
Covered in Fincom/BOS budget responsibilities
20160622 deferred until after draft budget due date reconsideration discussion
9 176 none Charter Review Committee Allow vote on Charter changes at either Town Meeting
10 109 95 John Giger clarify removal process (7-7)
11 171 6 John Ellenberger Comments on review of Herald articles from original Charter process
12 82 41 John Giger define officer
13 87 40 John Giger definitions; Dept Head, Division Head, Code of Groton.
Language Discussions (if time permits)
Sub # Page Summary
1 #74 (p 17) Add Finance Committee input to union negotiations (review wording in 6-8)
2 #38.2 (p 12) Clarify role of BOS in collective bargaining (confirm proposed wording change in 4-2 (e))
Draft Charter Structure (if time permits)
• Review and consider changes to structure of draft Charter and associated documents.
Closing
• Confirm next meeting Jul 13, 2016
Open Items for Future Meetings
1. For final presentation create overview of reasons we proposed changes to the charter (meeting of 20160608).
2. Towards the very end of the process, delete (or replace) Article 8 Transition #174

Meeting posted 06-30-2016 2:22pm npierce

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.